Asian Games: Indian men’s team won gold in 4×400 meter relay

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The Indian quartet of Anas Muhammad Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammad Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh won the gold medal in the men’s 4x400m relay while Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Mishra, Prachi and Subha Venkatesan won the gold medal in the Asian Games 2023 being played in Hangzhou on Wednesday. Women’s team won the silver medal in 4×400 meter relay.

India had made a record in Belgium

India also holds the area record in the event achieved by the quartet of Jacob, Anas, Ramesh and Ajmal at the recently concluded Athletics World Champions in Belgium. The team had taken a time of 2:59.05 minutes to qualify for the finals.

Neeraj Chopra also gave gold to India

India’s Neeraj Chopra has also created history in the Asian Games on Wednesday. He won the gold medal for India in javelin throw with a best effort of 88.88 meters. Along with this, Kishore Kumar Jena of India has won the silver medal by covering a distance of 87.54 meters.

Kishore Kumar Jena gave competition to Neeraj

In the final, Neeraj Chopra was challenged by none other than compatriot Kishore Kumar Jena. Chopra’s first throw was 82.38 meters. In the second attempt he threw 84.49 meters. At the same time, Jena started with a throw of 81.26 meters, but in the second attempt she took the lead from Neeraj Chopra by throwing a throw of 86.77 meters. However, in the fourth attempt, Neeraj Chopra again took the lead by covering a distance of 88.88 meters. At the same time, Jena threw 87.54 meters in her fourth attempt and was behind Neeraj Chopra and won the silver medal. Apart from this, Roderick Genki Dean of Japan won the bronze medal with a throw of 82.68 meters.

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